triegen

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German triugan, triogan, from Proto-Germanic *dreuganą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈtriə̯ɡən/

Verb

triegen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present triuget, past tense trouc, past participle getrogen, past subjunctive trüge, auxiliary hān)

  1. to deceive
    Mīn hërze trouc mich.My heart deceived me.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • German: trügen

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “triegen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel